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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tampion  \Tam"pi*on\,  n.  [F.  tampon,  tapon,  tape,  of  Dutch  or 
  German  origin.  See  {Tap}  a  pipe  or  plug,  and  cf  {Tamp}, 
  {Tampop},  {Tompion}.]  [Written  also  {tampeon},  and 
  {tompion}.] 
  1.  A  wooden  stopper,  or  plug,  as  for  a  cannon  or  other  piece 
  of  ordnance,  when  not  in  use 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  A  plug  for  upper  end  of  an  organ  pipe. 




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